Motion failure
Thursday, July 8, 2021 6:39 AM
Problem(s) Encountered:
At ~3am, slew error had occurred when I tried to move to Az~88, Alt~51. After that, TCS and JSkyCalc could not control the telescope.
Slew ERROR with tracking OFF
When I tried to move to Zenith, ERROR point not converging dist=39.875 dra=319.111 ddec=20.856
When I tried to close mirror cover, ERROR mirror mirror both open and closed
The 2.4m observer tried to solve the problem from 4:30, but failed.
Fortunately dome closed well, but we could not stow the telescope to Zenith.
Solution:
Found the dec controller indicating error. Reset that and all telescope motion returned. I did also note that system was left in an odd state where everything needed to be homed. So I homed everything and zeroed out errors.